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From the Ted Talk by Christian Benimana: The next generation of African architects and designers

Unscramble the Blue Letters


When we asked the fellows what they want to do after their African Design Centre fiohlwelsp, tespho from stuoh Africa said he wants to introduce this new way of building into his country, so he plans to open a private practice in jorunesnahbg. Zani wants to expand opportunities for women to become engineers. Before jionnig the African Design Centre, she helped start, in nroaibi, an organization to bridge the gdeenr gaps for women in engineering fields, and she hopes to take this movement across Africa, eventually the whole world. moess, from South Sudan, the world's newest country, wants to open the first polytechnic school that will teach people how to bulid using local materials from his country. Moses had to be determined to become an architect. The civil war in his country frequently interrupted his architectural education. At the time he was applying to join the aicafrn Design Centre, we could hear gunshots going off in the background of his interview call. But even in the middle of this civil war, Moses hangs on to this idea that arhtircetcue can be a way to bridge communities back together. You have to be inspired by this fellow's belief that great architecture can make a difference on how the future of Africa is built.

Open Cloze


When we asked the fellows what they want to do after their African Design Centre __________, ______ from _____ Africa said he wants to introduce this new way of building into his country, so he plans to open a private practice in ____________. Zani wants to expand opportunities for women to become engineers. Before _______ the African Design Centre, she helped start, in _______, an organization to bridge the ______ gaps for women in engineering fields, and she hopes to take this movement across Africa, eventually the whole world. _____, from South Sudan, the world's newest country, wants to open the first polytechnic school that will teach people how to _____ using local materials from his country. Moses had to be determined to become an architect. The civil war in his country frequently interrupted his architectural education. At the time he was applying to join the _______ Design Centre, we could hear gunshots going off in the background of his interview call. But even in the middle of this civil war, Moses hangs on to this idea that ____________ can be a way to bridge communities back together. You have to be inspired by this fellow's belief that great architecture can make a difference on how the future of Africa is built.

Solution


  1. joining
  2. tshepo
  3. build
  4. moses
  5. nairobi
  6. johannesburg
  7. gender
  8. african
  9. south
  10. fellowship
  11. architecture

Original Text


When we asked the fellows what they want to do after their African Design Centre fellowship, Tshepo from South Africa said he wants to introduce this new way of building into his country, so he plans to open a private practice in Johannesburg. Zani wants to expand opportunities for women to become engineers. Before joining the African Design Centre, she helped start, in Nairobi, an organization to bridge the gender gaps for women in engineering fields, and she hopes to take this movement across Africa, eventually the whole world. Moses, from South Sudan, the world's newest country, wants to open the first polytechnic school that will teach people how to build using local materials from his country. Moses had to be determined to become an architect. The civil war in his country frequently interrupted his architectural education. At the time he was applying to join the African Design Centre, we could hear gunshots going off in the background of his interview call. But even in the middle of this civil war, Moses hangs on to this idea that architecture can be a way to bridge communities back together. You have to be inspired by this fellow's belief that great architecture can make a difference on how the future of Africa is built.

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